I know Tennessee has an early season wood duck hunt and I believe Louisiana does as well. So my question is, has Arkansas ever had an early season wood duck hunt? I've been hunting in Arkansas my whole life and started hunting with my grandpa 20 plus years ago but never payed attention to the seasons or limits in my early years, "just get in the boat" or "shoot that duck" was the only guidance I had in those days. My other question would also be, if Arkansas hasn't had a woody season but surrounding states currently do, what is the likelihood of getting one or at least getting it purposed to the game and fish?

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It's not very likely that Arkansas will adopt an early teal/woody season. From what I understand (excluding teal) if any ducks are pursued, it counts toward our USFW mandated 60 day duck season. So, if we include 2 weeds of woody season to coincide with the teal season it's going to mean 2 weeks less of duck season. No one around here is going to want that. Most people are still trying to push for a later, longer season than what we have now. Again, impossible since USFW won't let a duck season go past the last Sunday in January (I think it's the last Sunday).

Well there is a bunch of them. Although one of the true treasures of duck hunting that I have found so far is getting a nice big Woodie Drake. I wish I would of gotten the guy from my avatar mounted he was a heck of a bird.

Wood ducks are legal in Tennessee during early teal season, but I'm not sure about louisiana. I know Mississippi and Arkansas do not allow it due to federal regulations. Tennessee was grandfathered in somehow when regulations changed in the past.